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Victoria5905

Dr Swank

Has anyone heard about Dr Swank and his impressive results? He dealt with 5,000 patients over 50 years published and was published in the Lancet. In the first year of eating the diet relapses decreased by 70%. In the following years it became less and less so that after 16 years the results were 95% decrease. Far better than any drugs. With no side effects. Don't eat meat/fish, eggs, dairy or milk if you want to try this diet. That's it! http://www.swankmsdiet.org/
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@cameron
@cameron
 

Great that it's working for you and the regime clearly suits you. Obviously, if it benefits the MS you'd be mad to stop it. But it's not for everyone and everyone's MS is different. I remember one neuro telling me that the Swank research wasn't 'blinded', meaning that the apparently amazing results can't be taken at face value. Another neuro said (sadly) that if the Swank claims had been borne out, he'd be seeing far fewer patients in clinic. But I don't think even the most cynical neuro would dispute the fact that the healthier you are, the better for your MS. And of course many of the Swank/Jelinek recommended foods are accepted mainstream as healthy alternatives to a fatty, processed western diet. My personal view is that Swank et al is one way, but not the sole way, to good health and it's the resulting good health (however achieved) that makes the difference to MS. Just my thoughts. xx

@slockha2
@slockha2
 

Hi, I read about his work in a book called "Overcoming MS" by George Jenlik (not spelt like that!). I was impressed and although I can see there weren't controlled studies (it did start in the 1940s) the fact it followed 150 people over 35 years means they had a lot of data and the results seemed to speak for themselves. I've reduced my saturated fat to below the 20g threshold but I haven't cut out dairy completely (which I think was a later recommendation). It's a tough diet but I really believe the research. If it doesn't work then bring on the clotted cream teas at that point!